1
Enrollment
521
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000828
Jesse Wharton Elem
5813 Lake Brandt Road, Greensboro, NC 27455 · (336) 545-3700 · Guilford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
518 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
65.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
76.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Jesse Wharton Elem
Jesse Wharton Elem's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Wharton Elem this school | 521 | 99.4% | 71.8% |
| Jefferson Elementary Winston-Salem | 560 | 99.5% | 75.9% |
| John Van Lindley Elementary Greensboro | 521 | 99.4% | 64.8% |
| Lyons Farm Elementary Durham | 608 | 99.5% | 69.5% |
| Belmont Elementary School Roanoke Rapids | 614 | 99.5% | 55.8% |
| Manning Elementary School Roanoke Rapids | 630 | 99.5% | 55.3% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Jesse Wharton Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #193 of 1,297 | #7 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #182 of 1,296 | #7 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #205 of 1,300 | #9 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 521 | #557 of 1,485 | #29 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #529 of 1,377 | #26 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #479 of 1,379 | #29 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #253 of 1,414 | #21 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #340 of 369 | #17 of 19 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
521
+74 (+17%) vs 2020
+86% since 1990-91, when it was 280
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 521 | 36.6 | 14.2:1 | 99% (518) |
| 2023-24 | 549 | 37.8 | 14.5:1 | 36% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 555 | 36.2 | 15.3:1 | 38% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 447 | 32 | 14.0:1 | 26% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 514 | 31.5 | 16.3:1 | 34% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 27 | 18.4:1 | 37% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 813 | 49 | 16.6:1 | 40% (323) |
| 2000-01 | 821 | 55 | 14.9:1 | 40% (325) |
| 1990-91 | 280 | 21 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jesse Wharton Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (514 to 521); teachers up 16% (31.5 to 36.6).
About Jesse Wharton Elem
Jesse Wharton Elem is an elementary school in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it is part of Guilford County Schools. It enrolls 521 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
The district, Guilford County Schools, operates 123 schools serving 68,535 students.
The largest group at Jesse Wharton Elem is White students, at 51%. Smaller groups are 27% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Guilford County residents are about 48% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Jesse Wharton Elem is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Jesse Wharton Elem has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1, with 36.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 99% at Jesse Wharton Elem. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Guilford County is 89%.
On the allk12 Grade, Jesse Wharton Elem lands at A, ahead of 94% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Jesse Wharton Elem is 23.3 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in North Carolina.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Guilford County show that median household income comes to about $68,642, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Guilford County counts 143 public schools with about 79,539 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Greensboro Academy, is about 2.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Jesse Wharton Elem is 1st among 7 schools close by.
Jesse Wharton Elem falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 521, compared with 447 in 2020-21.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Jesse Wharton Elem. You can also rate the school on this page.
Guilford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,940
Census ACS
Median income
$68,642
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
79,539 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Guilford County Schools
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Other schools in Greensboro
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Triad Math and Science AcademyCombined · 1,374 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Nearby schools
- Greensboro Academy2.2 mi · 777
- Kernodle Middle3.0 mi · 707
- Northern Guilford Middle3.3 mi · 780
- James Y Joyner Elementary3.4 mi · 274
- Ronald E. McNair Elementary3.4 mi · 447
- Northern Guilford High3.6 mi · 1,251
Frequently asked questions
About Jesse Wharton ElemHow many students attend Jesse Wharton Elem?
Jesse Wharton Elem enrolls approximately 521 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Jesse Wharton Elem serve?
Jesse Wharton Elem serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jesse Wharton Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jesse Wharton Elem is approximately 14.2:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Jesse Wharton Elem?
Student demographics at Jesse Wharton Elem are roughly 51% White, 10% Hispanic, 27% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Jesse Wharton Elem?
Jesse Wharton Elem is overseen by Guilford County Schools in Guilford County.
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